2012 Oxycodone 30mg Shortage In Florida (Page 5)

My spouse, who is in severe, chronic pain, has been a customer of Walgreens for many years. We live in Pinellas County, Florida. Everyday this week we have driven from Walgreen's to Walgreen's trying to fill his prescription for Roxicodone 30mg, to no avail. I cannot get any help from his regular pharmacy. I know that it's dangerous for them to tell a total stranger which store has them in stock, but I don't understand since they know him, why they can't call around or give us any assistance. I am at a total loss as to what to do & would appreciate any information that you could provide. It is so hard to see him in so much pain. Thank you.

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941btown, can I ask where u were able to fill in Sarasota..? I'm desperate

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Michelle, whe u said "1 mile north and u could of filled them"... Will u PLEASE share w me which pharmacy u r referring to ?? Please

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Walgreens on main

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Michelle, thank u so much for sharing the info about the "Walgreens in Maun", However, I reside in Sarasota. CAN ANYONE PLEASE SUGGEST WHERE I CAN GO TO FILL MY OXYCODONE 30 mg in SARASOTA??? I feel like dying. :(

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@disabled999 Walgreens on fruitville downtown srq

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941btown, so grateful for info, although I am completely discouraged at this point. My husband is in route there now, after spending the last 4 hrs trying other pharmacies. I hate for my children to see me this way. I'm in so much pain. I so hope this pans out and he calls me with good news, but I remain doubtful. Thank u again! I will let u know if it is successful.

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Where do you live? I have been told by CVS in Orlando, FL that no CVS pharmacy in Florida gets Oxycodone anymore. Did CVS start getting Oxycodone again?

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Sarasota. But no, I have not been able to fill my scripts. Frustrated! Outraged! Angry! Discouraged!
Hurting...... :(

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I don't understand why you ppl are still trying to get roxis dude its over I relized that 3 months ago when I drove around all day I got it changed to dialaudid there better anyway I couldn't go w.o my meds for days an days just take that s*** back....to dr an get it changed the days of getting roxis is over c.v.s and Walgreens are nothing but liers I he both chains go outta business all they do is lie lie lie,w.e they feel like at the time iss the answer ul get...

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I have taken off work gwo days in a row. I live in pinellas county but my doctor is in tampa. I can hardly walk and am so sick. No one will fill my methadones either. Does anyone have any advice on where to go

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I had the hardest time filling my methadone also. A lot of folks are temp switching over to methadone due to the "shortage". I NEVER had trouble with that one. Not in 5 years!!! I know that diversion is a huge issue, and I agree that steps should be taken to avoid having these deadly pain meds out of inexperienced kids hands, but someone sure has made a mess of things!!

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Have u had any luck ??
Still nothing on my end...

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My doc and the local pharmacies have all confirmed that Oxycodone is being phased out permanently. The best advice is to switch to a different med - this is horrific for those of us who have been prescribed this med for so long, now to switch so abruptly...this should have been handled differently but everyone involved is only considering the junkies and the law-breakers in all of this...not the real patients with real pain...we are now being punished for the bad apples and I also blame our physicians...had they been more attentive to this "breaking news" and forewarned us, a plan to ease us off of this med would have been a lot safer and a lot less frustrating....as I waited for my Oxycontin script to be filled at Walgreens (which they have no issue filling, despite refusing to fill the Oxycodone because of my address), 5 customers came in with OC scripts and the Pharmacist gave them all the same speech - how their Doc has to also prescribe an ER med along with the short-acting, how they're no longer able to fill "these" scripts because they don't live within a 5 mile radius of the store...and they each told about how they've been to numerous pharmacies already as they pleaded for the Pharmacist's help...it was sad. An elderly man, a man in a wheelchair and a war vet who'd lost his arm were among them....smh...an awful shame the way this all happened.

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If everyone is I legit pain as they say, why are you not changing to an alternative opiate?? There's not a shortage of morphine IR , it doesn't give the euphoria like oxys, but the pain relief is good. I have cancer, and just changed over due to the shortage...If you wasting that much time looking for oxys, there's more to your problem then pain...

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@karen are u saying that switching meds is not something ppl should be concerned about? After 3 years of being on the same medication & receiving effective pain relief from it...yea I'm going to be a bit nervous that "experimenting" with some other meds might leave me in excruciating pain. Or give me side effects that are lets say- less than desirable. Pain medication, even when taken as prescribed & only for true pain still leaves you physically & psychologically addicted, so to me it makes perfect sense that folks might be leary of switching. It's assumptions such as yours that hurts how someone like me is looked at as a fairly young pain management patient. If you only knew what my body goes through daily.....

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@ mamacbass....i have been on oxycodone 30' s for almost 3 years, before that, on 15's for a year. It doesn't matter what for, I am in chronic pain...be an active patient, do your homework. If there's enough time to drive all day looking for oxys, there's time to research. Morphine and oxycodone come from the same opium poppy plant. It's not "experimenting" with a different class of drug. I've been on Fentanyl before, which I'd prefer to oxycodone, and It's not even in the opiate family. If you're getting treated by a good Dr. Why dont you trust him to change your meds.? I am just wondering why people are not willing to change medications, doesn't make sense, there's a shortage, It's not going to get any better, become proactive, get decent pain relief with other great meds. That are available. It's not voodoo, It's pain management...

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@disabled999....read my post, help yourself....you don't need to suffer ,
Karen.

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Don't feel bad, they have removed all my posts.

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has anybody heard anything about anywhere yet? i have been out of my meds for 2 weeks now. getting ready to go hunting again today.

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Hey Karen....This is an OXYCODONE FORUM.....If you are gonna hassle people go somewhere else, ok....It isnt nice and it is very rude to "talk down" to folks who have been victimized as it is, ok? The things you are trying to relate are good advice, however you dont need to be condescending here.....alot of us need to blow off some steam as well. Thank you.

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